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Old 3rd Apr 2024, 04:56
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Rotorbee
 
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Originally Posted by megan
Don't know the aircraft capabilities, six folk on board landing at 12,034 feet, doable?
Yes. Otherwise that place would be littered with helicopter wrecks. You can‘t just land anywhere in the Swiss Alps. These are official landing spots and used quite a bit.
And they aren‘t complete morons. W & B is also a thing there.
But Switzerland has a bit of a bad streak. That is the 5th accident in 2024. But the first with fatalities.
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